On January 1,2009, Marshall Company acquired 100 percent of the outstanding common stock of Tucker Company. To acquire these shares, Marshall issued $200,000 in long-term liabilities and 20,000 shares ofcommon stock having a par value of $1 per share but a fair value of $10 per share. Marshall paid $30,000 to accountants, lawyers, and brokers for assistance in the acquisition and another $12,000 in connection with stock issuance costs.

Prior to these transactions, the balance sheets for the two companies were as follows:

Marshall Company Tucker Company Book Value Book Value Cash.

$ 60,000

$ 20,000 Receivables.

270,000 90,000 Inventory.

360,000 140,000 Land.

200,000 180,000 Buildings(net).

420,000 220,000 Equipment (net).

160,000 50,000 Accounts payable.

(150,000)

(40,000)

Long-term liabilities.

(430,000)

(200,000)

Common stock—$1 par value.

(110,000)

Common stock—$20 par value . .

(120,000)

Additional paid-in capital.

(360,000)

-0-

Retained earnings, 1/1/09 . . .

(420,000)

(340,000)

In Marshall’s appraisal ofTucker, it deemed three accounts to be undervalued on the subsidiary’s books: Inventory by $5,000, Land by $20,000, and Buildings by $30,000.

a. Detei mine the amounts that Marshall Company would report in its postacquisition balance sheet. In prepaiing the postacquisition balance sheet, any required adjustments to income accounts from the acquisition should be closed to Marshall’s retained earnings.

b. To verify the answers found in part (a), prepare a worksheet to consolidate the balance sheets of these two companies as of January 2009.